Editing

Experienced in general copyediting and medical editing
(AMA style). Worked on major pharma projects through intermediate agencies on PowerPoint summaries, convention coverage, and targeted journal articles.

Writing

Proficient in writing in a voice and style appropriate
to both the material and the audience. Proven abilities in information gathering, research,
interviews, presenting information in an interesting and informative
way—and meeting deadlines.

Web Pages

Occasional Web page design for select clients and organizations. Moving them along slowly into highly customized WordPress templates as their budgets allow.

Page Layout

Adept in layout and design in Adobe InDesign for either print or ebooks. Includes interactive PDF files and forms.

Microsoft Word Wizardry

High-end formatting of Word documents that will mimic professional page layout. Forms, mail merge, and templates hold no mysteries for me. Writing VBA macros for large-task processing is fun.

Canine Activities

Active competitor with a standard poodle in obedience and rally, approved obedience judge in the Companion Dog Sports Program, and provisional Rally Obedience judge for the United Kennel Club (UKC).

About M·Plank

M·Plank—Marguerite—combines a love of writing and typography with technical skills to distill complex topics into interesting and easily grasped articles, and then present them in crisply formatted, printer-ready files or web pages. She has been fascinated by writing and typesetting since she began exploring the mechanics of printing at age 12 by learning the basics of hand-set type.

Successful as a freelance editor and layout artist since November 2006, she can help you figure out the best way to finish your current project.

Why Choose M·Plank

Scrupulous attention to detail and deadlines, Client-focused and definitely not a diva.

“Marguerite is one of the most competent, consistent, and intelligent editors I have worked with. She is responsible, gets her projects in under deadline, and brings up important points of question when appropriate. She is an ideal member of any team, and is a very motivated and responsible professional. She is a dream to work with!

“On a personal note, Marguerite is highly intelligent and always has something interesting to add to the conversation. She is also a very kind person who goes out of her way to help. I am fortunate to count her among my colleagues!”

Anne Stewart,
Medical Editor(then at Tricore Inc.)

and ...

“Marguerite is the person I go to to get a job done, one time, done right, and done well. She has great suggestions when needed that are right on target with my concepts and her ideas have enhanced the final product. She is easy to work with and I would highly recommend her to all my business connections.”

Debby Kay, owner

Chilbrook Kennels LLC, K9 Scent Detection specialist

and ...

“Marguerite is more than a very good writer. She's an excellent instructional designer with strong knowledge and ability in layout. She has worked on a number of projects for us and we will continue to use her. Excellent client skills.”

I have worked with Marguerite for some 15 years. As an editor, a quality assurance technician, a page layout master, and an MS Word black belt, Marguerite is by far one of the most reliable and quality-oriented people a project manager could ask for. Whenever I have work come in that requires a person in one her fields of expertise, I try my best to ensure that Marguerite is a resource on that project. I highly recommend Marguerite for a detail-oriented quality job, done fairly, and completed on schedule.

Corporate Communications:
Responsible for the in-house development and editing of corporate communications materials and Web-based content, including maintaining the Joomla-based CMS. I also oversee quality assurance in the authoring and production of client deliverables and work products.